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Trivia Bits for Thursday, September 3

At Least He's Used to the Makeup: Gene Simmons, aside from spitting up blood with KISS, also has had a minor TV acting career. Most notably, he played drug dealer Newton Blade on "Miami Vice" and a mob boss named Donald Mann on "Third Watch." He was also a seal monster on "SpongeBob SquarePants" and he's played himself on "Ugly Betty" and "Family Guy." More recently, he has starred in his own reality series, alongside his long-time love, Shannon Tweed, and his kids.

It's A Mystery, M'Lord: P.D. James and Ruth Rendell became, respectively, Conservative and Labour life peers in the House of Lords, and as such, the two crime writers were able to watch each other across the aisle.

James became Baroness James of Holland Park. (The P.D., by the way, is short for Phyllis Dorothy.) Rendall became Baroness Rendell of Babergh. The two women are close friends.

Also known as "the Pious," Charlemagne's successor was the first of 16 kings with what name, before the French monarchy was overthrown?

A) Charles

B) Francis

C) Henry

D) Louis

Previous answer: "North by Northwest" ends with a scene across the presidential heads of Mount Rushmore.

TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com.


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